I don't remember which sales droid I was talking to, but we considered swapping off the line. He went to qual it, gave me a "Nope, can't do it!" phone call, and has not returned my calls since. In the worst case, that approach would've netted me service a day earlier.

Well -- technically speaking you're correct. From what I remember, the way that the phone company runs my line is slightly different than the way you guys run my line (in that it ends up that magic number of feet too many).

I really wanted him to call back so I could grill him on the specifics, but he didn't.

Wow, sorry to hear that! Disconnected internet bites. Between me, you and S, it sounds like a bunch of us are having computer issues these days. I hope it connects sooner than next week... doesn't sound like the most effective service. Any other alternatives out there?

It's not going to. It's the telco's fault. So AT&T has to get their lazy butts out there and put the copper back together. Then I have to place an order with my ISP. They place an order with Covad to get the lineshare set up again. At that point, I have net.

AT&T says they'll give me POTS on 4/1. No sooner and almost certainly later. Covad's the other long part of the equation.